The Month in Congress

PUB. DATE

November 1991

SOURCE

Congressional Digest;Nov91, Vol. 70 Issue 11, p257

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents some of the measures considered by the House or the Senate upon their return from the August recess in early September. Condemning violence in Yugoslavia (S. Res. 176); Drug-free schools (H.R. 3057); High-Performance Computing Act (S. 272); Nineteen others.

Focuses on the Congress of the United States which is made up of Senate and the House of Representatives. Information about the Senate, including its members or senators; Details about the House of Representatives including how the number of representatives per state is determined; Duties of...

Takes a look at the congressional incentive system to try and make sense of an unending string of $200 billion deficits. Congress is supposed to be motivated by a noble desire to produce the fiscal policy that best serves the republic, but members also seek reelection. Public opinion on taxes;...

States that the idea of limiting the number of terms a member of Congress may serve has been rattling around since the Constitution was a gleam in the eye of the framers, but with sides both for and against term limitation gearing up, 1992 should be a lively election year. Incumbent reelection...

Presents a rebuttal to Bill Frenzel's case for congressional term limits that asserts that term limits won't cure what ails congressional elections. Legislatures under siege; What's wrong with congressional elections; Term limits in congressional elections; Side effects.

The line-item veto proposal would give the president authority to reject part of an appropriation bill without vetoing the entire bill. Articles include: Evolution of federal financial policy; The federal budget process; Veto procedures in the states and recent action in Congress. Also, a pro...